Flagstaff



C. A. KEELEY.

FLAGSTAFF. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-13.1918.

' Patented June 8, 1920.1

gvwenboz ni'ran sass CHARLES A. KEELEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO CARROLL C. SHAMP AND ONE-FOURTH TO ALFRED A. MYERS, BOTH OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FLAGSTAFF.

Application filed September 13, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. KEELEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flagstaffs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flag staffs, and an object of the invention is to provide a flag staff of simple construction, which is arranged to permit the quick and easy attachment thereto or detachment therefrom of a flag.

In railroad signaling, it is frequently necessary to expose flags of different colors, necessitating the provision of a plurality of staffs to which the flags are permanently at tached and also, in certain places, such as fashionable hotels, it is the custom to fly the flag of the nation of which a distinguished member is the guest of the hotel or institution and this also necessitates either a number of separate staffs for the flags, or the connecting or disconnecting of the flag to the rope used for supporting the flag, all of which is a tedious procedure. Furthermore in such cases the ropes supporting the flags permit the flag to sag from the staff which is undesirable particularly on the size of flags commonly projected from windows, over the tops of doors and the like, and it is an object of this invention to provide a flag staff which will overcome such inconveniences, providing means whereby the flag will be attached directly to the flag staff, and any sagging of the flag from the staff will be prevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction which will permit the free and easy connection or disconnection of a flag to its staff.

More specifically, the invention comprehends the provision of a flag staff having its outer end hollow and provided with a longitudinally extending slit, extending throughout the length of the hollow portion and provided to permit the extension of the flag therethrough and to provide an inserting member which is inserted in a pocket formed along the inner and attachable edge of the flag and afterward inserted in the bore or hollow end of the flag staff to connect the flag to the staff and further to provide a suitable outstanding member carried by the inserting portion of the staff for binding Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1920.

Serial No. 253,951.

engagement with the staff to prevent the inserting member and the flag from being accidentally moved independently of the staff, under the flying or flapping of the flag.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a flag and a portion of the staff having the upper flag receiving end of the staff shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the upper hollow end of the flag staff.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the inserting section of the flag staff.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line ltt of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation illustrating the manner of forming the pocket in the attaching end of the flag.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 indicates a flag staff as an entirety, which staff comprises supporting section 2, the upper end of which is provided with a bore 3 extending downwardly therein from its upper end and terminating in a shoulder 4:. The bore 3 is substantially the same length as the width of the flag 5 which is to be connected to the staif. The upper end of the supporting section 2 of the staff is pro vided with a longitudinally extending slit 6 communicating with the bore 3 and through which the flag extends, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

The flag 5 has its inner end folded upon itself and stitched to form a pocket, as indicated at 7 and the lower end of the pocket 7 is closed by transverse stitching 8. The pocket 7 receives therein the inserting section 9 of the flag staff, which section is smaller in diameter than the bore 3 of the supporting section 2, and which, after being inserted in the pocket 7 of the flag 5 is inserted into the bore 3 as shown in Figs. 1 and 4: of the drawing, allowing the flag to pass through the slot 6. A head 10, which is of the same diameter as the supporting section 2 of the staff is formed upon the upperend of the inserting section 9 and is fitted snugly against the upper opened end ofthe section 2, forming a closure therefor to prevent rain or other foreign material from entering the bore of the section 2. A staple 11 is attached to the inserting member 9, a

short distance below the head 10, and it forces the portion of the flag covering out- Wardly, forming a firm binding engagement with the Wall of the bore 3, and prevents rotation of the inserting member 9 Within the bore 3 as Well as preventing accidental movement of the stem or inserting member 9 and the flag with respect to the supporting section 2 under the flying or flapping of the flag.

By stitching the lower end of the pocket 7, the attaching end of the flag Will be held properly stretched during the insertion thereof and of the inserting section 9 into the bore 3, eliminating the liability of the crinkling of this edge of the flag or preventing any tendency of the portion of the flag causin the Jocket from cree Jill u owardl adapted to be seated in the bore, and being of less diameter than the same, and a flag adapted to extend through said slit and having a pocket at its inner endinto Which the inserting section is adapted to be placed for maintaining the flag on the supporting section, said inserting section having an enlarged head on its upper end adapted to hold the flag from upward displacement and adapted to seat on the upper end of the supporting section for closing the bore.

2. A flag stafi comprising a supporting section having a deep bore in its upper end and a lateral slit coextensive with the bore and opening into the same, a removable section in the bore having a head on its upper end adapted to seat upon the top of the supporting section to close the bore, a flag having a pocket at its inner edge for receiving the removable section and adapted to extend through said slit and to be retained beneath said head of the removable section, and a binding element carried on said removable section for engagement in said pocket of the flag to bind the latter Within the bore and yieldingly retain the flag and removable section in place.

CHARLES A. KEELEY. 

